Fil-Am is Wisconsin's rep to Miss Teen USA
07/10/2012
ONTARIO, California - Briana Yamat was only 14 years old when she was crowned as Wisconsin's representative to the Miss Teen USA competition which will be held in July 28.
Winning on the first time she joined a pageant is an exciting surprise for Yamat.
“I could not believe it. It’s one of those moments that you don't believe it,” said Yamat.
Yamat said she is ready for the Miss Teen USA pageant, the junior edition of Miss USA.
However, there is only one thing that makes her nervous: falling down the stairs.
“I hope I can make it down there without falling. I feel that I'm very prepared and this whole year I have been preparing,” she said.
Although busy with her life as a beauty queen, Yamat remains an honor student.
Apart from her dream of one day winning as Miss Universe, the Fil-Am teen wants to be a doctor.
Born in America, Yamat’s grandparents hail from Pampanga. Her mother, a former beauty queen, is her pageant coach.
“Every Sunday night, we have a family get together and we eat Filipino food all the time. My favorite is sinigang, actually. I wish I could learn how to cook it, but I can't,” she said.
Miss Teen USA currently is a contest where the candidate with the most online votes secures an automatic place in the pageant's semifinals round. Individuals can vote 10 times a day.
“To all the Filipino viewers out there, please vote for me. I hope to make you all proud. Thank you,” she said.
Yamat said she admires Filipino beauty queen Venus Raj and Shamcey Supsup. If she wins, Yamat will follow the footsteps of her other idol, Vanessa Minnillo, the Fil-Am TV host and wife of singer Nick Lachey.
Minnillo won Miss Teen USA in 1998.
“I could not believe it. It’s one of those moments that you don't believe it,” said Yamat.
Yamat said she is ready for the Miss Teen USA pageant, the junior edition of Miss USA.However, there is only one thing that makes her nervous: falling down the stairs.
“I hope I can make it down there without falling. I feel that I'm very prepared and this whole year I have been preparing,” she said.
Although busy with her life as a beauty queen, Yamat remains an honor student.
Apart from her dream of one day winning as Miss Universe, the Fil-Am teen wants to be a doctor.
Born in America, Yamat’s grandparents hail from Pampanga. Her mother, a former beauty queen, is her pageant coach.
“Every Sunday night, we have a family get together and we eat Filipino food all the time. My favorite is sinigang, actually. I wish I could learn how to cook it, but I can't,” she said.
Miss Teen USA currently is a contest where the candidate with the most online votes secures an automatic place in the pageant's semifinals round. Individuals can vote 10 times a day.
“To all the Filipino viewers out there, please vote for me. I hope to make you all proud. Thank you,” she said.
Yamat said she admires Filipino beauty queen Venus Raj and Shamcey Supsup. If she wins, Yamat will follow the footsteps of her other idol, Vanessa Minnillo, the Fil-Am TV host and wife of singer Nick Lachey.
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| Vanessa Minnilio, Miss South Carolina 1998 |
Minnillo won Miss Teen USA in 1998.
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